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-old jessica ridgeway never made it to her fifth grade classroom. the only clue, her school bag found six miles away. as police search door-to-door, in a town under the microscope. her family speaks out for the first time. and abc's clayton sandell has the latest from colorado. >> reporter: this is 10-year-old jessica ridgeway, horsing around a few months ago with a home video camera and the family dog. >> that's the camera. see? >> reporter: tonight, the video has a special urgency. it was released by colorado police because jessica is missing. and today, for the first time, her parents are speaking out. >> it's the worst thing i've ever been through. >> reporter: the fifth grader vanished last friday, while walking the short distance between her home and her elementary school. >> you don't hear anything. and then, you get the pit in your stomach that you don't want any parent -- any parent to ever experience in their whole entire life. >> reporter: late this afternoon, the fbi searched jessica's home, removing boxes headed for an evidence lab. sources tell "nightline" the family consented to

. >> reporter: three days since 10-year-old jessica ridgeway vanished. today the first real clue. police recovered a backpack and water bottle they believe might be jessica's about six miles from where she vanished. >> we want the community to keep the faith in we're going to find jessica. >> reporter: today new teams of scent dogs combed her westminster, colorado, neighborhood. jessica's mother sarah last saw her daughter friday as she walked to school but she never arrived. the school called home but her mother works overnights and says she was asleep missing the call. by the time she discovered jessica missing, eight crucial hours had passed. to give you an idea of the neighborhood jessica's house is right over there and this is about the point where her mother would have last seen her and as you can see it's only three houses from the park where jessica was supposed to pete with her friends meaning if she was taken here, it happened in a very short distance and in a very narrow window of time. over the weekend, more than 800 volunteers scoured trails and hillsides, but found no trace

for jessica rodriguez, last seen leaving for school yesterday morning. she never arrived. clayt clayton sandell is on this story. clayton? >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. 50 police officers, including the fbi, are search right now, overnight using bloodhounds in temperatures that near freezing. and no sign of jessica. a desperate search under way for a 10-year-old last seen nearly 24 hours a ago. the last time anybody saw jessica was 8:30 friday morning. she left to walk three blocks to meet friends for a walk to school. a route she did every day. but she never got there. when jessica didn't show up for class, the school called her home. but jessica's mother, who works the overnight shift was asleep. she didn't get the message. that delayed her calling police for nearly eight hours. >> when we start with a delay as substantial as this, the distance she could have wandered even on her own, it just gets huge. >> reporter: police say jessica's weather, who lives out of state, is in a custody battle with jessica's mother. they do not believe jessica can with him. but are not ruling a

news now" -- a tragic turn. a bo is found just a few miles from where jessica ridgeway disappeared. >> and sources now tell abc news they have reason to believe it is that of the little girl. it is thursday, october 11th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good thursday morning, i'm sunny hostin. >> i'm john muller. rob and paula are on assignment. 10-year-old jessica vanished last friday on her way to school. much more on the discovery of the body and what investigators are telling abc news. >> such a sad story. >> so sad. >>> first, the other stories we are following this half-hour. a huge nighten t ein the race f president. vice presidential candidates plan to go head-to-headen a debate the obama administration hopes can turn the tide for its campaign. >>> also this half-hour we'll introduce you to a woman who the sky is the limit. martha raddatz, and the first female fighter pilot. how she paved the way for a new generation. >> one of my favorites of the day. so cool. >> later from newspapers to television now to the big screen. charlie brown and snoopy

-old jessica ridgeway. a body has been discovered. police sources tell us they believe it is the missing girl. >>> also ahead, disgraced cyclist lance armstrong demanded to know who accused him of doping. now he has the names, 26 of them, including 11 former teammates now against him. >> which is unbelievable. wow. >>> then the latest low down on the lohans, yes, lindsay gets in a nasty new brawl. this time it's with her mom. cops were called. and we'll have it all coming up in "the skinny." they just never disappoint. >> didn't involve a nightclub and car this time? >> i think it did involve a nightclub. >> did it really? yeah, we'll find out. >>> we're going to begin with tonight's big debate, with just 26 days before the big election. >> romney running mate paul ryan arrived in kentucky where he will face-off for 90 minutes with the vice president joe biden. it will be ryan's first debate on the national stage. with the race so close there is extra pressure for him to turn in a clutch performance. >> vice president biden travels to the debate site later today. he had several mock debates w

in the hunt for jessica ridgeway. she failed to show up at school friday morning, and there is no sign of where she went or what may have happened to her. abc's clayton sandell has the story. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. this morning police say they will bring in a new set of search dogs to help find little jessica ridgeway, but there was no active police search for the 10-year-old overnight, and they've called off volunteer search teams for later today. investigators are desperate for clues in a case that so far has had precious few. in near freezing temperatures, an army of over 800 volunteers came to help find jessica. scouring fields, trails and hillsides saturday near her home. >> right now they're just asking us to find anything that's out of the ordinary, any kind of evidence that we could find. >> reporter: at roadblocks police and fbi agents are stopping everyone asking questions, searching cars. >> in the last couple of days, weeks, have you heard anything suspicious? >> reporter: cops are saturating the streets knocking on every door. a team of divers was sent to check

with an amber alert in colorado. the fbi has joined the search for 10-year-old jessica ridgeway, last seen leaving for school yesterday morning. she never arrived. abc's clayton sandell is in colorado this morning and on this breaking story. clayton? >> reporter: dan, good morning to you. right now, at least 50 police officers, including the fbi, are continuing their search, overnight, using bloodhounds in temperatures that were near-freezing. still, there has been no sign of little jessica ridgway. a desperate search under way for a 10-year-old last seen nearly 24 hours a ago. the last time anyone saw jessica ridgeway was 8:30 friday morning. she left home to walk three blocks from her westminster, colorado, home to meet friends for a walk to school, a route she did every day. but she never got there. when jessica didn't show up for class, the school called her home. but jessica's mother, who works the overnight shift at a tech company, was asleep. she didn't get the message, which delayed her calling police for nearly eight hours. >> when we start with a delay as substantial as this, the

'll have dramatic new details on the assault that left four americans dead. >>> where's jessica? the paties of a missing 10-year-old girl in colorado open up for the first time about their daughter's disappearance. >> i want her to walk through that back door. i need her to walk back through that door. >> as fbi officials search the girl's home and leave with bags of evidence. >>> and heaven help us. a nun walks into a convenience store and is caught on camera stealing beer. whether she's the real deal or someone in disguise, she's got some confessing to do today, wednesday, october 10th, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. more on the chilling new time line of the deadly attack in libya and today's hearing in a moment, but meantime, in the presidential race, it looks like mitt romney is not the only one you might say is ruffling feathers a bit on "sesame street." >> that show is

in colorado for a missing 10-year-old girl. jessica ridgeway left to go to school friday morning but she never made it. in west colorado, they believe they found a major clue. >> reporter: more than 100 members of law enforcement are sefg for jessica ridgeway. a search that has expanded into neighborhoods. open fields and bodies of water near her home. on sunday her backpack was found about ten mile from the house. it is now being examined by the colorado bureau of investigations. >> they're analyzing that along with dna samples. >> reporter: the fifth grader was last seen walking to school friday morning. >> we have some witness information that really make us believe at 8:30, she was on her way to school. that she did not make it. >> reporter: jessica's school is about a third of a mile from her home. police say her mother who works overnight, was home sleeping when the school left a message to say jessica had not arrived on campus. jessica's mother reported her missing when she woke up. eight hours after the little girl was last seen on her way to school. >> it is just a real horrible situa

. the body was found a few miles from where jessica ridgeway disappeared on her way to school last friday. the body has not yet been positively ideinvestigators believe it is jessica. she was kidnapped and her parents were not involved, say police. dramatic video of an early morning rescue in florida. crews were able to free a construction worker who had been trapped in rubble more than 12 hours. a parking garage collapsed. the man is listed in critical condition this morning. the five-story garage was under construction when it collapsed. two workers were injured. they expect to find another body in the rubble. another big story we are following, the national made history with their first home playoff game on wednesday. if they don't win today, they will be history. >> the st. louis cardinals are one victory away from moving on throug. so the nationals have to win today. tim brant explains what went wrong yesterday. >> the nationals should be rocking again this afternoon at the ballpark for a game 4 in the best of five series with the cardinals. yesterday the defending champions went aft

, police say the body they found earlier this week is that of little jessica ridgeway, the 10-year-old girl who disappeared after she was headed off to elementary school a week ago. >> i was actually in denver this week when they found the body. unable to identify it. but parents especially very scared, very angry about this whole thing. there is a predator on the loose, a killer. >> the investigation is continuing. we're going to talk about that in a moment. >>> also ahead, with just three days to go until the next presidential debate, the candidates have a busy weekend campaigning and preparing for their next showdown. take a look at how they're getting ready, especially in light of their running mate's performances on thursday night. >> it was a big night. i was in kentucky. a lot going on there for that debate. >>> and space shuttle endeavor normally flies around the globe at more than 17,000 miles per hour. this morning, it is making its way through the streets of l.a. california dreaming at about two miles per hour, inching its way toward the california science center. thousands of pe

missing for almost two days. jessica ridgeway was last seen friday morning walking to school. police believe she has been kidnapped. 400 volunteers turned out today to search for jessica. police say jessica walked to a nearby park every morning to meet a friend and they would walk to school together. yesterday, jessica never showed up. >>> five terrorism suspects appeared in court in new york city just hours after they war extradited to the united states from england. this is video of the suspects' attorneys leaving court this afternoon. here's the latest. >> radical abu hamza al massry stood in front of a federal judge, charged with having a terrorist training camp and kidnappings. >> he operated to have attacks carried out against americans. >> in the 1990s, poorts say al-masri turned the mask into a -- mosque into a breeding ground for the shoe bomber and others. >> he was preaching hatred and preaching jihad week in and week out to british muslims. >> al-masri fight extra edition -- extradition to the united states but hours after a british court denied the last of his many appea

dramatic new details on the assault that left four americans dead. >>> where's jessica? the parents of a 10-year-old girl in colorado open up for the first time about their daughter's disappearance. >> i want her to coming walking back through the door. i need her to walk back through that door. >> as fbi officials search the girl's home and leave with bags of evidence. >>> and heaven help us, a nun walks into a convenience store and caught on camera stealing beer, and whether she is the real deal or someone in disguise, she has con some confessing to do today. wednesday, october 10th, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer an savannah gutherie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning and welcome to "today" on wednesday, i'm matt lauer. >> i'm savannah gutherie and we will have a chilling new details about the attack in libya. >>> and when it comes to the presidential election, not only is mitt romney being blasted for his comments about big bird. >> yes, and we will talk to the president's senior adviser to the obama campaign being asked to pull ads about

outside. >>> where is jessica? the frantic search for a 10-year-old colorado girl who hasn't been seen since she walked to school on friday as her family pleads to get her back. >>> and caught on camera, an out-of-control pickup truck crashes into the wall after liquor store, then is driven away. police didn't have to look too far to track it down and now the driver is facing dui charges today, sunday, october 7, 2012. >>> from nbc news this is "today" with lester holt and jenna wolfe live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe and joining us for the first time this season a special guest known simply as winter, even though it's fall. it is cold out there. >> and to reach and find the proper jacket today. hopefully i got the right one. it's cold outside across much of the country, as much as 25 degrees below normal for this time of year. some places will be in the teens today, and this cold front is moving east bringing chilly canadian air with it. we'll tell you how bad it will get and ho

>>> good morning. breaking news. is it jessica? a body found just seven miles from the home of missing colorado 10-year-old jessica ridgeway has the desperate search ended in tragedy? we're awaiting a new conference from police. we'll have the latest. >>> duel in danville, joe biden and pau ryan face off in the only vice presidential debate. ryan vowing to take the fight directly to biden. biden looking to get his ticket back on track. this morning, exclusive new poll numbers from the three states that could decide this election. >>> and false alarm. a s.w.a.t. team surrounds justin bieber's los angeles home. turns out, he's the latest victim of a hoax. the third aimed at celebrities in recent weeks. and police are trying to find who's behind the string of disturbing pranks today, thursday, october 11th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and good morning. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i'm savannah gurthrie. >> and i'm matt lauer. the news out of colorado seems to be upsetting. police have yet to say if the body they found is that of 10-year-ol

agents swoop in on jessica ridgeway's home. dogs scouring the backyard for new clues to her disappearance. >>> developing now. a prostitution scandal rocking the famous new england town of kennebunk. a 29-year-old zumba finance instructor is charged, and found with a trove of video tapes. everyone there is bracing as police prepare to release her client list. >>> 50 cents, please. >> good grief. >> he's a good man, that charlie brown. so popular, he's headed back to the big screen with snoopy, lucy, linus and all his pals. why everyone's on their feet for "peanuts" right now. ♪ >>> and good morning, everyone. it may be raining outside. but that music puts you in such a great mood, doesn't it? >> it does. >> it brings you back. >> it sure does. great to have you here. amy robach. robin is recovering from her bone marrow transplant. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the latest from the campaign trail. >>> big rallies for both candidates in the battleground state of ohio. and this morning, polls continue to show a surge for mitt romney. >>> and listen to this story. it outrag

: a body has been found miles from where little jessica ridgeway disappeared. police wrapped up a news conference. we'll have new information for you as jessica's pains of course hope for the best. >> well, what to do, you know. i just want to find my daughter. i just want her back home. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. bill: 24 minutes past the hour now. the accused fort hood shooter appealing a court order to shave his beard. major nidal hasan accused of murdering 13 at a texas army post in 2009. his defense attorneys claim the order violates his religious rights because of his muslim faith. >>> for closure rates hitting five-year low last month. the second straight month of declines. >>> kellogg's recalling millions of boxes of material warning they are cone tam nated by millions of metal mesh. frosted mini wheats. frosted mini wheats bite-sized. en

, a body found. a grim discovery in the haunting case of what happened to 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. police ruling out her parents as suspects. now manhunt is on for a killer. >>> 30 days ago, i walked through these doors and i'm going home. i'm going home. >> homecoming. a huge milestone for robin on her road to recovery. finally leaving the hospital after weeks of grueling treatment. her doctors, friends and family cheer her on. and we have her message for everyone this morning. ♪ hey, hey oh, you feel it now ♪ amen, amen ♪ amen >> going home now! >> whoo! >>> and how is that for a start to the morning? [ applause ] wow. amen. amen, robin. we are so happy for you. everyone on team robin, so thrilled that you are finally home, waking up this morning, after so many weeks in the hospital. we're going to talk to robin's doctor, in just a little bit. we see those fist pumps up in the air. we're going to learn about the next steps in robin's journey. >> she's back. she's back and tweeting, folks. here we go. there's no place like home. she wes, after 30 days in the hospital, i'm h

a body found near the area where 10-rigell jessica ridgeway was last seen. it was about 7 miles from where the fifth grader disappeared. jessica's mother says she last saw her daughter when she left for school on friday. police said no additional comments about the body during a news conference this morning but said they will continue searching today. rescue workers have freed a construction worker trapped in the rubble for about 12 hours after a parking garage collapsed at a florida college. the rescue began wednesday afternoon after the roof of a five-story garage fell, creating a pancake-style collapse at miami dade college. rescuers heard his cries from amid the rubble. emergency crews pulled the man out around 1:00 a.m. this morning. eight other workers were injured and two killed. another worker is missing and presumed dead. the scene will be survey to try to determine what caused the accident. weekend of 1 jack painter and character is all wet, but that will not bother him because he sketched his way into the guinness book of world records by drawing 10 caricatures under water

of jessica ridgeway. she was reported missing a week ago and jessica was last seen leaving school. >> a great deal of sorrow in my heart, i regret to inform you that the body that was found in arvada has been positively identified as jessica ridgway, the missing girl from westminster. the family a has been notified. we can't begin to comprehend the grief that they're going through. >> investigators say a dismembered body found in the park, again, is jessica. >>> in georgia, the body of a florida journalist who went missing in august was found incased in concrete. they used dental records and c.t. scans to identify the former crime reporter. >>> the death toll climes to 14 in the fungal meningitis outbreak. there are 185 cases of the noncontagious illness. meanwhile, a minnesota woman filed the first lawsuit in the outbreak. claiming she suffered bodily harm and emotional distress after being contaminated with a tainted steroid. >>> shocking allegations for a zumba instructor accused of using her fitness studio to run a prostitution ring. prosecutors say 29-year-old alexis wright had sex with

there is a manhunt right now for the killer of a 10-year-old girl. police say they have found the body of jessica ridgeway. she was reported missing one week ago. jessica was last seen leaving for school. >> with a great deal of sorrow in my heart, i regret to inform you that the body that was found has been positively identified as jessica ridgeway, the missing girl from westminster. the family has been notified. we can't begin to comprehend the grief that they're going through. >> it's hard to imagine why someone would want to do this to such a nice little girl. >> we need to find them. >> an fbi spokesperson says they will not rest until jessica's killer is caught. meanti meantime, the community will come together for a balloon release to celebrate her life. >>> in pakistan, three more suspects under arrest in connection with the shooting of a teen activist. already 100 people have been detained over this attack. the young girl is now fighting for her life in a hospital, shot by the taliban for speak out for her rights. >>> i have the right of education. i have the right to lay. tiff right to

are not confirming. >> at this time we are not making a connection to jessica ridgeway. the crime scene will be from now to tomorrow morning. >> gretchen: they believe she was kidnapped. we expect to learn more 8:30 a.m. eastern time. a worker rescued from a garage that landed on top of him. rescue crews pulled him out of the rubble at 1:00 k. and he is in critical condition. two other workers were killed and eight others were hurt. >> i had seen a lot of smoke and the building shaking and it started collapsing. >> gretchen: the garage under construction . one worker is still missing. lance armstrong not only used illegal steroids to win the tour de france. a stunning report said he juiced his teammates. 25 people testified against him including 11 teammates. his attorney said it is a hatchet job. >> i think what people generally need to remember when they look at this report, is that out come was predetermined months if not years ago. >> gretchen: armstrong is currently banned for cycling. >> brian: 12 teammates have a problem with it. he was labeled a fool and called an idiot. jack welch was right

in colorado is speaking out. 10-year-old jessica ridgeway never showed up for school near denver last friday. her mother says the fifth grader got ready for school and left to meet a friend to walk to school, but the friend says jessica never showed up. it was hours before anyone realized the 10-year-old was missing. jessica's mother works a night shift. she says she slept through the call that said jessica never arrived. now she just wants her daughter to come home. >> and then you get the pit in your stomach that you don't want any parent, any parent to ever experience in their whole entire life that your child has just been taken. it is not ever, ever anything i want, ever, any parent to go through. >> a man found jessica's backpack last weekend about six miles from her house. >>> also in colorado, several families of victims of that mass shooting at a movie theater are calling for an investigation into two charities. the families say the groups used names and pictures of victims to raise money without their permission. suspected shooter james holmes faces 140 counts related to that july

only a few bodies from where jessica ridgeway disappeared a week ago. dan springer is live outside the police department. this is westminster, colorado. what is the latest there, dan? >> reporter: it is grim news whether it is jessica's body or not. came out yesterday that the body was not intact. the only way to make a positive identification through dna testing. that is also why all day yesterday at the place where the body was found wednesday, it was a crime scene. police combed the area looking for more evidence. perhaps body parts. they have already determined that 10-year-old jessica ridgeway was abducted by a stranger. she was taken they say, exactly one week ago today as she was walking to school. police cleared both parents, inconcluding jessica's mother who was the last person to see her. the fbi is heavily involved in the case. they urged the public to report anyone they know who is exacting suspiciously. >> any kind of unusual behavior between last friday and today. somebody very engaged in the media coverage of this particular investigation and maybe they're a little a

. colorado police now confirming that a body found earlier in a park is indeed of jessica ridgeway. little girl vanished while walking to school. dan is live in westminster, colorado. dan? >>> we do flow this is a massive investigation. there are hundreds of cops, state and local working this case. there was a briefing today. this community is in fear. they want this solved at quickly as possible. there is a strong belief that the killer is local. the naked in little park where she was abducted is very isolated. that is why police are asking for the public's help to report anyone that is acting out of the ordinary. >> our focus has changed from a search for jessica to a mission of justice for jessica. >> denver suburb of hundred thousand residents has a small town feel. people are coming together united with their grief for jessica and fear of a monster on the loose. kids are getting counseling. there a crisis center that has been set up in the city. purple balloons are going up in a couple of hours. one neighbor told me he robbed a beautiful young life and put a whole community on lockdow

-year old colorado girl that has been missing now for two days. jessica ridgway was last seen friday morning walk to go school. police believe she's been kidnapped. 400 volunteers turned out yesterday to search for jessica. police say she walked to a nearby park every morning to go to school. but friday jessica never showed up. >>> the rare fungal meningitis outbreak across the u.s. has now killed seven people. the center testify disease control and prevention has said the outbreak has spread to 60 people in nine states. the cases are all linked to a steroid made by a specialty pharmacy in massachusetts. the steroid has been recalled. meningitis affects the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. >>> in a bay area neighborhood a rat infestation blamed by the demolition of a nearby school. the rats came in after they started tearing down a prep academy back in august. the school closed more than a year ago because of poor test scores. neighbors claimed they never had a rat problem until now. the san francisco chronicle also reports that residents received a letter from the school dis

. >>> concern is growing for a ten-year old colorado girl that has been missing now for two days. jessica ridgway was last seen friday morning walking to school. police believe she's been kidnapped. 400 volunteers turned out yesterday to search for jessica. police say she walked to a nearby park every morning to go to school. but friday jessica never showed up. >>> the rare fungal meningitis outbreak across the u.s. has now killed seven people. the center for disease control and prevention has said the outbreak has spread to 60 people in nine states. the cases are all linked to a steroid made by a specialty pharmacy in massachusetts. the steroid has been recalled. meningitis affects the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. >>> in a bay area neighborhood a rat infestation blamed by the demolition of a nearby school. the rats came in after they started tearing down a prep academy back in august. the school closed more than a year ago because of poor test scores. neighbors claimed they never had a rat problem until now. the san francisco chronicle also reports that residents rece

miles from where jessica ridge way went missing friday. police will not confirm. >> at this time we are unable to make any connection to the disappearance of jessica ridge way. that crime scene will exist through the evening into tomorrow morning. >> this happening hours after they cleared jessica's parents as suspects. they believe the girl was abducted. we will learn more at a press conference late they are morning. >> a construction worker finally free after a 5 story collapse in florida. rescuers pulling him out of the rubble a few hours ago. he's in critical condition at a nearby hospital. two workers were killed at least 8 hoars were hurt when the roof came tumbling down. the garage was under construction at the time. one worker is missing. >>> a massachusetts pharmacy suspected in the meningitis outbreak provided tainted method indications. it infected an elderly man of back teebl meningitis in 92. he died two years later. the pharmaceutical firm with the same owners was accused of not separating sterile and nonsterile supplies. 12 people died from fungal meningitis. more tha

in coloradoal asked for the public's help in finding a suspect in the kidnapping of jessica ridgeway. whal've believed to be the little girl's body was discovered, not far from where she was last seen. positive identification has been made. more difficult by the fact that parts of that body are missing. >>> a michigan businessman pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife's murderer. he said he had nothing to do with the strangling death of his wife, jane, back in january. but handyman, joe gentz claimed mr. bush chara that he was hired to do it. now authorities say that he wanted gentz dead so he could name him in the trial. he has not been charged in his wife's murder. earlier this year he actually expressed his grief. >> it is just unthinkable that this happened to her and what she had to suffer. >> sentenced next month. a plea agreement calls for him to get a minimum sentence of over four years in prison. >>> and a warning now about an increasingly dangerous hoax, swatting. bogus 911 calls for crimes so threatening that the s.w.a.t. te

your money report of the morning. >> good morning, jessica doyle. >> good morning. we have earnings season starting on wall street today. it's going to be big doings the next couple of weeks. traders don't have the greatest of expectations. analysts are expecting companies to post an overall decline in profits for the first time in nearly three years. today that marks the five-year anniversary of the record high closes of the dow and s&p 500. both indexes right now currently about 7% below those levels. not terribly below. check be the numbers the dow starts this morning at 13,583 after dropping 267 points in -- 27 points in trading. nasdaq was down by about 24. the s&p 500 was down by 5. economic slowdowns in asia and europe and worries about u.s. corporate profits have some analysts predicting a possible pullback in the stock market. so we'll keep our eyes on that also on this. germany's chancellor is in athens today for talks with greece's prime minister. the two are expected to discuss the country's financial crisis. greek police have been stepping up security and they're prepar

in colorado released this home video of a missing girl in hopes of finding her. the 10-year-old jessica ridgeway has been missing since friday when she vanished on the way to school. the only tastes fifth grader, her backpack found six miles away from the home. police have no suspects and they following up on two recent cases in a nearby up to where a man tried to lure two young boys into his car. >> and hopefully that video helps. for parents talking about the disappearance of jess a it's a difficult conversation to have with kids. he's more. >> you can't be careful enough. yeah, it's hitting too close to home now. >> reporter: melissa and her son lyaround the corner. >> i told him that anybody that you don't know besides t- teachers are strangers and it's okay to not be polite and to to the talk to him. >> it's never too early. >> i think can you start this in preschool and that can scare some parents. >> reporter: dr. cheryl ziegler is a child psychologist and family counselor. she said teaching kids that every stranger presents a danger does not work anymore. >> and this is an old t

of error. let's get some perspective on this. jessica yellin is our chief white house correspondent. ron brownstein is the editorial director for the national journal. let's start with substance. there's been a lot of talk about style. i want you to listen to how each of the men handled the issue of libya, something that's in the news right now, and that deadly attack on the u.s. consulate. listen. >> this is becoming more troubling by the day. they first blamed the youtube video. now they're trying to blame the romney/ryan ticket for making this an issue. >> we weren't told they wanted more security. we did not know they wanted more security again. and, by the way, at the time, we were told exactly -- we said exactly what the intelligence community told us, that they knew. >> jessica, this is an issue that the white house and the campaign are going to have to deal with now through november and beyond. and a lot of people were paying attention to what joe biden had to say and many people said, you know what? he didn't really score so well there. >> reporter: well, on that case, yeah, he

images of a 10-year-old little girl missing since friday. jessica origin jessica originalway was last seen walk home from classmates. >>> more than 350 million people suffer from depression worldwide. >>> jerry sandusky's rambling denials were ignored by a judge tuesday as the convicted sex abuser was september nt to pris the rest of his life. >>> and ammunition blew up at a russian dump tuesday. >>> and now your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. will.i.am played music before a rally for president obama in ohio. and he reminded the crowd about the controversy over funding for children's public television. >> may sound silly, you may laugh, but this is the theme song to my childhood and i want to play it for y'all. ♪ >> there you go. at another rally yesterday, former president bill clinton discussed being president obama's secretary of explaining stuff. >> at my age and hillary having a traveling job and all, i'm home wloalone a lot. i got time to figure out stuff. >> the vice presidential debate between joe biden and paul ryan tomorrow night is in danville, k

and no major leads, either. police released more photos and this home video of jessica ridgeway, hoping to give the public a better look at her. the fifth grader vanished on her way to school friday. and yesterday, her parents made an emotional plea for her safe return. meanwhile, the fbi is considering whether jessica's disappearance may be linked to the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in wyoming. >>> the deadly meningitis outbreak has claimed another life, with the latest victim announced in florida overnight. that brings the total death toll to 12. at least 119 people in 10 states have come down with the deadly but noncontagious form of the disease. the rare case of fungal meningitis has been tied to contaminated steroid shots made by a specialty pharmacy in massachusetts. >>> the tsa says it is standing by the way a terminally ill passenger was treated by its agents. michelle, who is dying of leukemia, was traveling to hawaii, for perhaps the final trip of her life. she called ahead to make sure there would be no problem since she has a feeding tube these days. but agents at the seatt

. >>> it is time for your 5@5. we should know today if a body found in colorado is missing jessica ridge way. police are searching for the 10-year-old while they work to identify that body. jessica disappeared a week ago while walking to school late wednesday a body was found in the park. a backpack and water bod el was found where she was walking. >>> a flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a bird hit the plane and got stuck in the engine. it happened moments before the plane was scheduled to land. the plane carrying 125 people ult hatly handed safely. >> a month after a u.s. ambassador was killed in libya a new ambassador was named. he represents our country in absence of an am das dorr. he is the former ambassador to chad and was associate director of counter servism. he steps in for chris stevens who was killed in an attack at p benghazi. >> it was not a disruption. the defense lawyer for major nadal hassan. this happening inside an appeals court yesterday as they argued hassan to be allowed to keep that beavered. they claim an army judge over stepped his authority in orde

on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as the search for jessica ridgeway enters its fifth day, police have no suspects or persons of interest, but they did find the 10-year-old's backpack which is now being tested as a potential piece of forensic evidence. more than 100 members of law enforcement are searching for jessica ridgeway, a search that has expanded into neighborhoods, open fields and bodies of water near her home. on sunday jessica's backpack was found about six miles from the missing 10-year-old's house. it's now being examined by the colorado bureau of investigation. >> they are analyzing that, along with some dna samples that we took from the family. >> reporter: police say the fifth grader was last seen while walking to school friday morning. >> we do have some witness information that really makes us believe at 8:30 she was on her way to school and that she did not make it. >> reporter: jessica's school is about a third of a mile from her home. police say her mother, who works overnight, was home sleeping when the school left a message to say jessica had not arr

. >>> the break in a case of a missing 10-year-old girl. jessica ridgeway is her name. police say jessica was last seen on friday morning walking to school and then she vanished. police extended their search into the town of superior, colorado. that is a bit north of denver after discovery of a new clue there. alicia acuna is own the story live in denver now. good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning, bill. westminster police say that on sunday someone in the neighboring suburb of superior found a backpack and a water bottle on a sidewalk. now investigators won't say what they found inside the backpack but they do believe it belongs to 10-year-old jessica ridgeway who disappeared on her walk to meet friends to head to their school bus stop on friday. more than 800 volunteers searched for her over the weekend. police expanded their search area where the backpack was found, more than six miles away from where jessica vanished. she was last seen by her mother friday morning as she watched her daughter head off from the front of her home. jessica's father lives in missouri and was at a child custody

here, it comes from white women. the lights still on past midnight. another 20-hour day for jessica lundgren. >> i'm a single mom to a 5-year-old little girl who's fantastic. i work full time and go to school full time. so my day usually starts around 4:45 in the morning. and ends close to 1:00 a.m. you do what you have to do in this economy. >> reporter: her vote is for jillian's future. she was leaning mitt romney until his own words pushed her back to undecided. >> speaking about the 47%. i can't really worry about them. how can you put your faith and trust in a candidate that doesn't care about everybody? >> reporter: to win ohio and other key battlegrounds, romney must overcome the doubts of working moms like jessica. a post-debate bounce, but white women the battleground within the battleground. 52% support the president now. that's up from the 47% he received here in 2008. >> they're all worried about putting food on the table, raising kids who are happy and healthy who are going to have a good future, going to graduate into an economy where they can find a job. >> reporter:

're not confirming that the body is that of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. jessica vanished last week while watching to school. dan springer is live in westminster, colorado, right now. are police saying anything about a possible connection between the body and this missing girl? >> reporter: yeah, jon, they specifically said nothing this morning. they had a news conference here at the police headquarters and did not make a link between the body found last night and the missing girl who has been missing since last friday. here is what we can tell you. a body was found last night about 5:00 in an open area about 11 miles away from where jessica ridgeway was last seen at her house. it is an open space. it is near a park. the cops would not say who found the body but we know have there has been a massive law enforcement search of a thousand people since the weekend. they're focusing the search on an old mining shack. jessica as you mentioned was last seen by her mother leaving for from her house to school a mile away. she usually meets up with at a park to meet with friends to walk to school. police ca

jessica ridgeway disappeared last friday on her way to school. now, many assume the body was jessica's, but at a news conference just a few moments ago, authorities said the search for the girl continues. officials acknowledge the discovery of the body but did not provide any information about that body. authorities believe that jessica was abducted. >>> just two days after jerry sandusky was sentenced for molesting 10 young boys, there is word this morning that his $59,000 annual pension has been revoked. the news comes as we learn more about the letters that the former penn state assistant football coach and his wife sent to the judge before his sentencing. in them they both portrayed themselves as victims of a conspiracy and wrote that the justice system let them down. >>> the new unemployment numbers are out and the headline is a positive one. the labor department says new applications for jobless benefits dropped 30,000 last week to 339,000. that is the lowest level in four years. economists say when the level consistently drops below 375,000, it suggests that hiring is strong

mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. let all of the games begin. a block buster weekend for san francisco is under way. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge. traffic is streaming into the city and it's going to get more full. but this is the calm before the storm. the storm of people that will hit the city tomorrow. from the america's cup races to the blue angels it will be a

in suburban denver say they found jessica's backpack six miles from where she was supposed to be. >>> and new findings out this morning highlight a serious danger for children with autism. wandering away finds it's very common. a study published in the journal of ped yattics show that half the children with autism had wandered after the age of 4. some of the children nearly missed getting hit by a car. >>> and pressure is building on nascar this morning to improve the safety of its tracks after a major crash this weekend. 25 cars were involved in a pileup after the race's leader tried to block a long line of traffic. >> going in the middle and can't get over. >> reporter: the biggest wreck in recent nascar memory, sparked by leader tony stewart on the very last lap. a twisting mass of metal, smoke and flame, some of the best drivers in the world in the chaos as cars can spin and splatter across the track. >> nascar will check the video. >> reporter: nascar veterans like jeff gordon and dale earnhardt jr. clearly upset after the race. >> that clearly is bumper cars at, you know, almost 200 mil

since friday. jessica ridgeway was last seen walking to school with her classmates. right there you can see vigils were held for her last night. >>> well, if you are depressed, you're not alone. the world health organization says more than 350 million people suffer from depression worldwide. >>> jerry sandusky's rambling denials were ignored by a judge tuesday as the convicted sex abuser was sent to prison for the rest of his life. >>> and 4,000 tons of ammunition blew up at a weapons dump in russia tuesday, an ongoing problem since the end of the cold war. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed 13,473 after dropping 110 points yesterday. s&p dropped 14, nasdaq sank 47. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei plunged 173 points while in hong kong the hang seng lost 17. >>> so how will investors react to the unofficial start of earnings season? well, after the bell alcoa lowered its 2012 outlook for aluminum demand but reported slightly better than expected earnings and revenue. >>> also yum brands, the kf

now police say they are unable to connect the discovery to missing jessica ridgeway, who lived seven miles away. we'll be sure to keep you updated on that. >>> and we're getting more on. the teenaged pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban is being transported to a better equipped hospital near islamabad, stable but conscious. people in pakistan took to the street to condemn the murder of the 14-year-old blogger. >>> the massachusetts pharmacy suspected of being the source of the current deadly meningitis outbreak settled a lawsuit five years ago after a previous meningitis death. both that pharmacy and a second drug company with the same owner have temporarily suspended operations. >>> after arguments wednesday, the supreme court is now deciding whether the university of texas went too far in considering race as a factor in student admissions. >>> and texas executed convicted rapist and child killer jonathan green last night, despite his attorney's claim green was mentally ill. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow closed at

a car that could be linked to the disappearance of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. someone in maine reported seeing a girl resembling her in a blue station wagon with colorado plates on wednesday. today a car matching that description was found abandoned in a parking lot in neighboring new hampshire. ridgeway disappeared october 5 in her hometown of westminster, colorado. >>> turning to weather now, some parts of the bay area will probably see another round of rain this afternoon. meteorologist lawrence karnow tells us more. >> it looks quiet almost like yesterday not much on the doppler radar but i want to show you what happens if we pull this out a little bit. look at the moisture somewhat usual way to get rain in the bay area but it's wraparound moisture making its way through the central valley and should be approaching the bay area this afternoon right at that time when we get maximum heating so we could even squeeze out a couple of thunderstorms in the bay area, maybe some more reports of hail and some lightning, too. we'll have more on that

the discovery to missing jessica ridgeway who lived seven miles away. we, of course, will keep you updated. >>> people across pakistan stood up to the taliban taking to the streets to attempt the condemned murder of a 14-year-old girl shot in the head after blogging about girls' rights. she is reported to be out of immediate danger but doctors are considering moving her to a hospital bed in islamabad. >>> the massachusetts pharmacy considered to be the source of a deadly meningitis outbreak. they settled a lawsuit a few years ago. they have temporarily suspended operations. >>> after arguments wednesday the supreme court is now deciding whether the university of texas went too far in considering race as a factor in student admissions. >>> texas executed convicted rapist and child killer jonathan green last night despite his attorney's claim green was mentally ill. >>> russia doesn't want the u.s. to continue helping them to secure and dismantle its nuclear arsenal without changes to the deal. >>> meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin is getting some love. they starred in a video all

of jessica ridgeway. the colorado girl disappeared a weak ago on her way to school, a body believed to be hers has been found. experts say the suspect most likely a male, may have unexplaned absences from work or may have just changed his appearance, with a kind of car that he drives. >>> the number of deaths from that meningitis outbreak continues to rise. 14 people have now died. and about 170 others have gotten sec after receiving the tainted steroid shots. federal health officials have tracked 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who have received the shots. doctors are warning that patients will need to keep watch for symptoms of the deadly infection for a few more months. >>> frightening. >>> no secret that the u.s. postal service has been bleeding red ink for years. so, they really shouldn't be surprised at all that postal rates are going up again. starting, are you surprised really? >> stunned. >> i know you are not. starting january 27th, the price of a first-class stamp increases to 46 cents. rates on shipping services like prior female are also going up by 4%. you write a

friday. the items were found about 15 miles from jessica ridgeway's home. volunteers helped police search for the child this weekend. jessica was last seen on her way to meet classmates before school but school officials said she never arrived. we'll have more on this in our next hour. >>> now we'll head to wall street to kayla townsend at wall street. >> reporter: good morning. wall street is relatively sleeping on this columbus day holiday but investors are still finding thorns in the relatively positive jobs report from last friday. this week we also have the earnings from u.s. companies like jpmorgan chase, pizza hut and signs of slowing corporate economy are concerned there. it is not hurting the stock market right now with the dow jones industrial average near levels it has not seen in five years. back to you. >> kayla, thanks. >>> now for a look at what's trending today, our quick round-up of what has you talking online. esquire.com announced that mila kunis has been named the sexiest woman alive. the 29-year-old actress posed on the november cover in nothing but a pair of skip-tig

. stossel will love this. and it looks like jessica's law will pass in new jersey. is it legal is next >> aouncer: meet tom, a proud dad whose online friends all "like" the photos he's posting. oscar likes tom's photos, but he loves the access to tom's personal information. oscar's an identity thief who used tom's personal fo to buy new teeth and a new car, and stuck tom with the $57,000 bill. [tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then stole enough personal information to hijack and drain his bank accounts. every yemillions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal information in the wrong hands. this is identity theft and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most comprehensive identity theft protection, period. ordinary credit monitoring services may take 30 days to alert you. lifelock's 24/7 proactive protection would have alerted tom as soon as they noticed an attack within

of jessica ridgeway. the ten-year-old disappeared one week ago. investigators believe she was abducted while walking to school. so far police are not making any connections between jessica's disappearance and the body found on wednesday. the fbi asking people to be on the lookout for any suspicious behavior. >>> in southern california a bitter congressional race between two democratic lawmakers turn ugly at a debate last night. youtube footage. challenge came while the two were arguing over a federal immigration bill. sheriffs deputy intervened and had to calm things down. redistricting process has put the two incumbents against each other. >>> new this morning just a few hours ago the norwegian nobel committee awarded its peace prize. the winner is the european union. eu is receiving the reward for history of spreading peace, democracy, and human rights across europe. it comes as surprise to some people since the eu is wrestling with the biggest financial crisis in its 62 year history. >>> people in berkeley hills are on high alert after a mountain lion scare there. people were told to stay

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